Unit 1 Festivals around the world课时作业

learning about language

第一节 单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

　　请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

1. The health of garden plants depends on the soil _____ --the proper balance of mineral pieces, organic matter, air and water.

A. construction B. conservation C. Corporation D. Composition.

2. Last December China _____ 100 Chinese and 10 foreigners for their outstanding contributions to the country's reform and opening-up.

A. distinguished B. sponsored C. acknowledged D . evaluated

3. Her doctor indicated that even adding a(n) _____ amount of daily exercise would dramatically improve her health.

A. modest B. equal C. considerable D. exact

4. Computer-controlled robots are taking over jobs in many industries, which used to be done _______.

A. artificially B. manually C. comprehensively D. gradually

5. ____ clear goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily doings until we become slaves of them.

A. On top of B. In the silence of C. On account of D. In the absence of

6. A scientist's attempt to produce the world's first gene-edited babies _____ are immune to HIV has sparked controversy in academia and the public.

A. as B. who C. whom D. whose

7. Never turn down a job because you think it's too small. You don't know _____ it can lead.

A. how B. where C whether D. what

8. ---I don't understand why Catherine stopped short _____ she ought to have continued.

---It's obvious that she lacked self-confidence.

A. when B. while C. if D. as

9. Guangdong province rolled out new guidelines, _____ offensive nicknames and online violence as school bullying.

A. defining B. defined C. to define D. having defined